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  • White House releases state-by-state breakdown of sequester's effects

    02/24/2013 5:28:11 PM PST · by Nachum · 22 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 2/24/13 | Zachary A. Goldfarb and Paul Kane
    The White House on Sunday detailed how deep spending cuts set to begin this week would affect programs in every state and the District, as President Obama launched a last-ditch effort to pressure congressional Republicans to compromise on a way to stop the across-the-board cuts.But while Republicans and Democrats were set to introduce dueling legislative proposals this week to avert the Friday start of the spending cuts, known as the sequester, neither side expected the measures to get enough support to pass Congress.